Our Leadership Team
Teri Ferguson, RN, BSN, Founder
Teri founded Nurses Serving Our Neighbors as the culmination of a dream to work with others to advocate for the most vulnerable in our community as Faith Community Nurses. Prior to founding Nurses Serving Our Neighbors, Teri established a Parish Nurse Program within a hospital system in Tennessee and volunteered in her own church as a parish nurse for 10 years. She was also instrumental in the startup of a mobile clinic in Appalachia serving the working poor and uninsured by recruiting and training nurse volunteers. Her nursing career spans over 30 years and has included experience as Program Director in an alcohol and drug inpatient treatment program, Assistant Director of Nursing in a psychiatric hospital, Program Director of an adolescent, adult and geriatric day treatment program, as well as Director of Nursing for an assistant living facility which included a memory care center. She and her husband Brian are blessed with two sons, two beautiful daughters-in-law and four grandchildren. Spending time with family and friends and getting out on the golf course in good weather are two of her greatest joys!
Living My Strengths: Connectedness | Positivity | Relator | Individualization | Strategic
Kathy Bartlett, Executive Director
Kathy is the Executive Director of Nurses Serving Our Neighbors. She brings her experience as a VP, Organization Development, Quality, and HR, to the NSON leadership team. Kathy also currently serves as the Director of Music for Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Denver, NC, and previously served as the Director of Liturgical Ministries and Music at Saint Matthew Catholic Church in Charlotte, NC. She blends her corporate experience and faith-centered leadership roles to lead the NSON staff. Kathy is a singer-songwriter and plays the guitar and keyboard. Her gift of music has been a blessing to those who know Kathy. She enjoys faith-based reading and spending quality time with her husband, Dan. They reside in Lake Wylie, SC., and share their lake-life and boating with family and friends. Dan and Kathy have six children and fifteen grandchildren that keep them very busy!
Living My Strengths: Relator | Maximizer | Strategic | Learner | Intellection
My strengths allow me to think seriously and deeply, to be open to change and always search out the best approaches, processes, and people. I understand strategically where we need to go, and I need and appreciate authentic, deep relationships and working hard as a team to accomplish goals.
Kathy Diener, RN, Director of Spiritual Development
Kathy serves Nurses Serving Our Neighbors as the Director of Spiritual Development. She has also been a nurse for over 40 years. Kathy was trained as a Spiritual Director in 2010. Her passion of helping individuals grow in wholeness, faith, and well-being is fulfilled by offering the ministry of her presence to listen and connect with people, especially those in the medical profession which is so very close to her heart. Kathy has had a wealth of nursing experiences ranging from intensive and critical care to recovery room and rehabilitation. She has also served at a pro-life clinic and as a volunteer for a suicide hotline. Kathy and her husband Mark are blessed to share a life serving God in ministry. Kathy loves being with her family, especially her 12 grandchildren. Kathy loves to paint and sculpt, read and take walks with her husband.
Living My Strengths: Connectedness | Empathy | Ideation | Developer | Belief
My strengths and spiritual gifts allow me to receive people through sacred listening while using encouragement, care, patience and empathy, and staying committed to who each person is and helping them find their purpose.
Robyn Magyar, RN, Nursing Program Director
Robyn joined Nurses Serving Our Neighbors in July 2023 after 33 years in the nursing profession with concentrations in cardiac nursing, education, leadership, quality management and care management. Through the years, Robyn and her family have had a passion for helping underserved communities through meal preparation, serving, and delivery. NSON was the perfect next step for Robyn as she was praying and discerning God’s Will for her life after her nursing career. Robyn has also been involved in Bereavement Ministry and in Prayer Ministry as a graduate of The Marian Servants of Divine Providence and Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Spiritual Direction Program in Clearwater, Florida. She is very excited to be a part of recruiting, mentoring, and working with our volunteers who provide the gift of being present, with generous “doses” of listening, compassion, and empathy to our Neighbors as they journey back to good health and a sense of wellbeing. Robyn and her husband Steve are blessed with 3 sons and 3 daughters as well as 15 active grandchildren. They love to go to Kure Beach every chance they get with their big, “always an adventure” family. In their spare time they plan lots of family celebrations and overnights with their grandchildren!
Living My Strengths: Strategic | Responsibility | Arranger | Achiever | Connectedness
Kristen Stein, Program Manager
Kristen joined Nurses Serving Our Neighbors in 2023 after spending many wonderful years raising her family while sharing her gifts and talents as an active volunteer in her faith community and school. She brings a diverse background as a former CPA (inactive), learning and development professional, and people development consultant. Kristen is passionate about helping individuals and organizations become the best versions of themselves and reach their fullest potential. Kristen and her husband, Paul, settled in Charlotte in 2006 after experiencing life in Cleveland, Germany, and Atlanta. Paul and Kristen have two children, Max and Madalyn, who are on the verge of young adulthood. Max attends Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and Madalyn attends virtual high school through Laurel Springs Academy to allow time for the demands of competitive equestrian activities. Enjoying a hibachi dinner is one of their favorite family activities! Her hobbies include reading, listening to acoustic music, gardening, and spending quality time with close friends.
Living My Strengths: Maximizer | Achiever | Activator | Individualization | Focus
My strengths allow me to listen, collaborate, and influence others to take action and build solutions.
Eric Ferguson, PT, Board Member
Eric graduated from East Tennessee State University in 2003 with a degree in Accounting, and worked in the financial services industry for 13 years before returning to school in 2017 and earning a Physical Therapists Assistant degree from Central Piedmont Community College. Eric has been practicing in skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation hospitals since graduation and has served as a member of the NSON Board since 2021. Eric enjoys golf, hiking and spending time with his wife Nicole, and their two sons - Evan and Danny.